Iraq crisis in pictures: Photographer Sam Tarling's photo diary

June 17, 2014: This has, however, left them in a tense standoff with their new neighbours -Isis and the Iraqi Sunni tribes, many who anyalysts say share a great enmity for the Kurds. Soldiers manning this checkpoint near Tal Affar were on high alert after an Isis recognisance convoy drove close to them just a few minutes earlier.Picture: Sam Tarling/The Telegraph